How do I edit a scanned document in Adobe?

Adobe ReaderScanned documents cannot be edited using Adobe Reader. This free software is intended for basic features only such as printing, opening, viewing, searching, verifying and signing PDF d...
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I cannot edit a scanned word or excel document, I can only cut, copy, paste. Is there a way to edit scan docs?